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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Students at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin could be paying higher tuition beginning in the fall.

A university budget committee recommended Monday night that tuition be increased by $20 per credit hour. The board of governors will consider the recommendation at its meeting Friday.

The Joplin Globe reports that the increase for in-state students to $163 per credit hour would be a nearly 14 percent increase. If approved, the tuition would bring in nearly $3 million in new revenue every year.

Rob Yust, the university’s vice president for business affairs, says smaller increases would not put the school in good financial position for the future.